IX SS Mountain Corps

The IX SS Mountain Corps was a German Waffen-SS alpine corps that existed from 21 June 1944 to 12 February 1945. The corps was raised near Bacsalmas, Hungary in June 1944, and the corps fought against the Yugoslav Partisans in Croatia and elsewhere in the Balkans under Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch. The corps was later pulled back to the front line in Hungary to fight against the Allied Powers, and the corps was one of the units sent to defend the approaches to Budapest. The corps was destroyed during the Budapest Offensive, and it was forced to surrender to the Soviets.